Fishing-rod support.



C. W. UNGER.

FISHING EOD SUPPORT. A1 1L1o.4v1'1o1w FILED JULY 14, 190e.

Patented Apr. 27, 1909.

cnAn'Ln's w'. UNG'ER, on Los ANGELES, oALrFoRNIA.

rIsHING-non SUPPORT. e

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aprn 27, 1909.

' Application led'uly 14, 1908. Serial No. 443,425.

To all whom it mayV concern.'

Be it known that I, CnAnLns W. UNGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State ofCalifornia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fishing-RodSupports, of which t'he following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a device for supporting a rod in a positionfor iishing and the prime object is to provide a simple support which iseasily secured in place and is adaptable to all wind and tide conditionsThe construction embodies a supporting member having a means for quickly`and conveniently securing it to a wharf or other structure, thesupporting `member being provided on its upper end with a means adaptedto directly engage and supportthe rod. The engaging means is made.revo-- luble so that the rod may be placed downV the Wind or the tideand is also constructed to allow the pole to be easily and quicklyplaced therein and removed therefrom.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specicationz-Figure1,- is a perspective view showing the improved support in use. Fig.2,-is an enlarged vside elevation of a portion of the support. Fig. 3,-is an enlarged cross-section of the upper end o f the support and theattachment for supporting the rod forwhipping.

In the drawings -5 designates av wharf structure or any-other suitableiixed objectl to which the fishing rod support may be secured. Thesupport comprises an upright supporting member 6 provided with a woodscrew 7, .or other equivalent securing means on its lower end. In thepresent construction a ferrule 8 and a flange 9 are `provided on thelower end of member 6 to give added stability to the support and a nut21 affords convenient means for turning the supporting member.Supporting member 6 Vis preferably cylindrical and is provided with aferrule cap 10 on its upper end. Pivotallyv mounted on screw `11 attheupper endof' member 6 is a curved rest 12 in which rod 4 is placed..Surrounding supporting mem.- ber 6 is a sleeve 13 on which is mountedan angularly projecting resilient rod or wire `14, loosely carrying atits end a ring 15 in which the end of rod handle `16 is placed.Resilient rod 14 is preferably made of German silver or brass as thesemetals affordthe req.-

uisite resiliency Vand arenot corroded by the action of salt water.Sleeve 13 is notched as at 17 on its upper edge and a stop, in the formof a pin or lug 18, is mounted on supwhen placed in the support, sleeve13 being forced upwardly so that stop 18 engages in notches 17 toprevent the sleeve from being turned. After the line has been thrown theend of the rod is placed in ring 15 and the rod laid in rest 12, thisposition being shown in Fig. 1. When it is desired to remove the rodfrom the support it will be seen that it can be done very quickly andthe rod pulled upwardly at the same time as it is only necessary tograsp the rod outside of the support and pull upwardly. It is extremelydesirable to have the vimmediate supporting members which are 1nengagement with the rod arranged to be revoluble upon the support sothat the rod can be placed ointing down the wind in the same direction1n which the line is blown. This revoluble construction therefore,constitutes one of the prime features of the present invention.

` In Fig. 3 I have shown an attachment for supporting the rodforjvhipping. This attachment consists of an auxiliary rest 20 adaptedfor placement over rest 12 and having a curved upper surface upon whichthe rod is placed. The curve of the auxiliary rest is not so deep asthat of rest 12 and therefore allows the desired lateral movement of therod. l

Having described myinvention, what'I I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1*. A` fishing rod support, comprising averticallydisposed supporting member lrovided with securing means on itslower end), a revoluble forked rod support on its upper end,

said pin adapted to engage the teeth formed cured to said rod engagingmeansI and means on the sleeve, whereby the rod engaging to look saidengaging means in position. means may he adjust-ed` and looked in diier-I In Witness that I claim the foregoing I ent positions. have hereuntosubscribed my naine this 7th 5k 2. Aishing rod support, Comprising asupday of July, 1908.

porting member provided with a securing means on its lower. end, arevoluhle rod engaging means on its upper end, said engaging meansadapted to resiliently support the rod, l0 a rod Whipping attachmentdetachably se- UHAS. W. UNGER..

Witnesses JAMES T. BARKELEW, OLLIE PALMER.

